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an Marcos Free PressI. H. JULIAN,'Provo All Things i Hold Fast that which is Cood."PROPRIETOR.VOL. VII.SAN MARCOS, HAYS" CO., TEXAS, JANUARY 12, 1878.NO. 10.Free Press.VUBLISHED EVKltY SaXUKDAY BYISAAC II. JULIAN,To whom u'l Letter ohnulil bo Aitdreeaed.Office South aide of Plnsa.RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION !One year, in advance f J 00NlX HlOlltllS " 1 ?Three mouths " . ,BRATES OF ADVERTISING.On. square, one Insertion It 00 each additionill Insertion under on. month, 60 eente persquare.j mo. 3 moil, j 8 mos. 12 mosllrimire " 60 I t 5.00 T.no. ' inn N.nn I l'i.oot linn2ll MlJ6.noW1.IM)SW"iI ill. CIO11IC.0Ui " T.i'f I 10 uo i IK.nnj I x.no I 11 o I au.oocolm ohi lsnni ss.ooV' IS co I 15 on I 4-..IP01 35.00 I 35.00 I H I COOne Inch in space constitutes nqimro.Legal and triulnl advertising payable itrlo'lyIn advance.Local notice, 10 cents par line each Insertinti.Announcing candidates lor ollloe, county, $ fi.uuKor Olnlrloi or Stale offlces I01"'Obituary notices of over teu lines charged atdvertlslng rates."business directory.mtwaitper.r EST TEXAS FREE PRESS,!. II. JULIAS,t L-.iii.... .., 1. 1 l.li.-r mid Pronrit'inr. oftlce aouln-east comer Main Plaza, next door to the puntIflce.Hunkcrn.MITCHKIX, GLOVER A CO., Mltcbell'a Buildingry tsisutl unit Groceries).DOSAI.S0S JOUMSOS, North aide MainPlana.T V. HUrCIIlSra CO., West aid. dialJ . Plaza.'11 P. DAILEY & BROS., West aide of the MainI riaza.OTKIN U1BJKS, South de of the MultO Flaa. ,BRIQG8 C. H., North aide of the Mali'Plana.AV.1). PUT, 8uulh lido Data.I) J.C. SMITH, North Side Plaza.Ilrocerlei,I).R. L'OCRRHAM CO.. north aide of the, plaza, adjoining Harper'a atante.1 iO. MElNEItd, West aide Pluza.QHARLES BOCK, South aide riaza.DrilK I t)AY!0LD3 DANIEL, north aide of the Mainik riaza.vTTO GRIMM, Travis' Corner.RH. WOODS a) BLAKKMoltlS, oBicein ffoodsand Daniel a Drug ature.ns.IDKNTON 4 PENDLETON, office oppoaiteUululdbOu A Joutisoli store.I) e n t i a I ,J. n. COMBS, ofllco North aide of of the1 Mutii Pluza.Lawftri;rTlTCIlMOX.tB FRANKLIN, In the Court-home11s.B. McBRIDB, offlce iu the Court Home,TELLING FISHER, office in the Court Home.0-1, BROWN, ollice over Uitchell'i atore.liintt AaentanaNotarr tnbHcT H. JULIAS, odlce Feae Paa Buildlug, nextX, door to aost olhue.M t e I )fRAVIS HOUSE, weat aide Plaza.Boardinfr. llouae.WISt AS. Weat aide of public aquare.Milliner' Store.H0FHEINZ, aoulh aide Plaza.ttakery aaud Cat eclionerf.rnEO. SlilOS, nextdoorweat of Poet Office.U (ii una Carriage Maker.1 H. KAU. rear of Devionry A C.'a Black.J aoiith hhop.Blackmltta.TUOUPSON. S. V. cor. Anitln k Moantaie ata.Carpe.ier dk Knilder.TOGELSANO, Sin Aatoai. atrreULiverr "ale UtakleeB. B ALES, Saa Aatoate Mreet.CaMcl'Hakcn.WARD, east aide ef PI a.Ualrkeaaker aasl Jeweler.U. 10IBI5S. east aiie plaxa.GENERAL DIRECTORY.Ot'FICIAI..ooMaaiiPHia 0th nisTsicr:STbn. Gustavo Schleicher, of DeWItt Vs.(KMiToa-illaT Marnier:Hon. L. J. Storey, ol Caldwell Co.asrussKKTiTiVss MTnjusTRlcr;lion. 1 . V. Hutchlna, of Hays Co.Hon. W M. Bust, of GuadalupeCo.ntKTUCT VOUXT ItTH D1STHICT.Bon. 1,. W. Moore, Pretldlng Judge, LaQrange.Tinea or HOt.mao oouar.Hara. 2d Monday! In March and September.couktV orrioaka.Stenlng Fisher, Jndge County Court,P.J. Munlove, County A'loruey.Kd. J. L. fireeu. Clerk.Jaa. A. Wren, Mieritt. C. 8. Cock.Depnty.U. W. Grooms, Justice of I he Peace Pre. No, II. U. Hreedlove, ' " " 1H. 11. l ittle. " " . " " " 81. Smith. " " 1 " " "it. A. McMeans, County Treainrer.A. hVatoii, vaavHKor.Ban. C. Hardin, (SurveyorD. P. HopkliiK, Cor.i'r Preclilct No. 1.I). K. Moore " t.J. It. Buneaon, " " " 3.J L. Maz.mnre. " " ' " 4.UfO. H. Ward, Conatable.1 Timkk or iint.mxa Coirxrv ArnraxoixcrConKTaCriniiiiiil Cuuoty Court 1st Monday in eachIIIIMllll.County Court for Civil and Probate hu'nelet Monday in Pohruary itprll, June, Auguet, Octotur and December.( oiiinl!.louer' Court Id Mondaya to February,May, Autfunt and November.Juntlce Court Preciuol No. 1 let Friday in eachmonth. Snn atarcoa.Precinct No. 1 id Friday In each month MtClty." " 3 3d " Wlmberley'a Mill' ' 4-4lh " Dripping Springe.Tow.y orlcxaa.Mayor A. B. F. Kerr.Council W. O. Hulchlaon, W.B. Fry, L. W. Mitchell, I). P. Hopklna, P. It. Turner.Mari.hnt-A. B. Ualley.;iii;h;iii:m.METHODIST. Preaching at the MethodlatChurch every Sabbath. Kev. J. 8. Glllett, l'aitor.CH1USTIAN. Preaching at the t.'hrlatlanChurch on thi necond and fourth Sabbaths In eachmonth by Klder J.J. Williamson.PRR8BTTKRIAX. Preaching at the Presbyte.rlan Church on the second and fourth Habbathln each month oy the Hev. W. L, Kennedy.P BOTE ST A NT RPlSCOPAL.--Sen-lcea seoonnSunday in each month at 10i u'clotk, a. h., and7 p. ni., t St. Dark's Church.) Itev. Mr, Ay res,Rector.Austin Slave arrives at 13 o'clock M.i SanAntonio 8tai( arrives at 13 o'clock h. BothDaily arrivals. Malls close at 11 a m-,'Gonzsles.arrives Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 r. M.jleavee at S a. at. next morning.A. Von Stkih, P. M.AN ADDRESS TO THE SICKl)n you want to purify the aym f)o you witii to get rid of Ulliounej fDo you waul omethtiiMT to lreii(tlieii youfDo you want a good jippetlte tDo you want to yet rid of nervousncan JDo you Wit nt good d Ir as lion ?Doyouwairt to sleep well TDoyoit want to huild up your cmintUiillon?Do you want ft brisk and vigorou leeling 7tf ou do,TAKESIMMONS'I.IVERREGULATOR.J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,Pole proprietors St tumuli Liver llegulwtor,PhitadelpMa.THE FATORITK"7J2aKaL a TTumn Unrmnfv'JIAUI11V Al JIs warranted not tocontain a itigl pnrllcle of Mercury, orany fnjurfoua mineral nuhxtaiicp, but larUKKLY VKHatT-AHI-K,containiiitbone & iiithern Keotaand Herb, which anall-Wfue Providencehat rlaced in ennntrica where Liver Ji-ense mostprevail. Itwii.i. citkk -i.t. UrRA,r:KCnKD av iaa..anaMKNTor thk Livkr ami Uuwklh, HaouLAraTil a LtVKB A Nil rMKVKMTCHILLS AND FEVER.m.'IOK LIVEK KKIiCliATHHte eminently a Family Medicine: and by bi-ingkrot resd t for inininliate resort will aeve many anhour ol sulterfrtg and many a dollar in time andS.VtATI.' tlill.. TAfter over Fortr Teara' trie! it is still receivingthe niot unquslirled testimonials to lie virtuesfrom persons ol the highest character and r.spon-stoillty. eminent puyslolaua recomniena is aa suemosteffectual:spec:ficFOR CONSTIPATION. HEADACHE. PAIN INTUB eilOUi.DKRS.HKINM'N SOUR STOMACH,BAII TA.-.TE IN THK MOl'TH. HIIXWCS ATTACK. PALPITATION OFTHK HRAKT. PAINISTHBKKtilOa UrtllB MI'JM'.WSniJII.ENCT. GLOOM AND POBKBOhlM Or KVII-ALL -JK WHICH LB THK OPt'SPkING OP ADlSBAtK'J LIVER.COLIC IX CHILDREX.For rhildrva complainlr.g efcolic, headache, r strk atomach.a lvapnfulreBorewillgive relief. Ctildr-n, as aellas adults vat eonsetie.es temark sapper, or eat esnthing ahiek doe t Siftveil, prnalucinir eoar eteesach.Irsrtl'tro. ar t ltM; agne eose of Liter Krirelauira ill aive relief. This applieet persAaa af all age, it tatbe rheapl. par-est asd fc.t .Fanlly Me4iea ia tkeawlaTIT HAS NO EQUAL.CAUTION!Uny f-s Pmrden m Pi'Mr- SIMMONS UT.FR ResirLANiH aala ra esse eataa4 a-as-r,aitk Trad nark. JH.srp aad S-gaalar aarkea.Naaeataer ia geaain.j. s. zmnr & co.,rice SI.00 ahllaaelaaia.Pa.OLD ET ill MtGGIeTJ.Sept. lt-iy IUOtK O.K. IIOPK KVKIl.IV OBBAI.D MAHIT.Hap. an, Hope avert though tbe day be dark,The .weat lanburet may atoll, on tbea to-morrow(The' thou art lanely, ther.'a an aye will markThy lonallnesi, and guerdon all thy sorrow .Tho' thou must lull for cold and sordid men,With uoua to echo hack thy thought or love theeiCheer np, poor heart I thou doal not beat In rata,For heavenly consolation beaiua above thee,Hope on, hope ever 1The Iron may enter In and plerca thy soul,But cannot kill the love within thee burningThe tears of misery, thy bitter dole,Can never quench thy true heart! erraphyearningFor better things; nor crusli thy arduous trust,That error from the mind shall be effaced,That truth eliall dawn, as flowers spring from tbedust,Aud Love be cherished where Bate waa embraced I , i .Hope on, hope ever I1 know 'tis hard to bear the sneer and tauntWith the heart'a honeat pride at midnightwrestle,To eel tbe killing canker-worm of Want,While rich rogues In their stolen luxury nestle;For I bare felt It, Yet from earth's cold real,My soul looks out sncomlng things.aud cheerfulThe warm suur se floods all the land Ideal,And atill it whispers to the worn and tearfulHope on, hope ever 1Hope on, hope ever I after darkest nightCornea, full of loving life, the laughing morningHope on, hope evert Spring-tide flushed withlight,Age crowns old winter with her rich adorning,Hope on, hope everf yet tbe time shall comeWbeu man to man shall bo a frleud and brotherAnd this old world shsll be a happy home,An! alt earth's family love one another.Hope on, hope ever 1Ulaliup Garrett Tell. Who Mmnldand Wlio Should Not Go to theLone Slur State.Bishop Ourrclti of tho NorthernTexas Protcstaat Episoopul diocese,gave a lecture upon Texas colonizations in the ohurch of St. John, theEvangelist, Third and Heed streetslast evening. The assembly room eon'taineil a lull gathering of the workingmen and women of Southward, gDteel in manner and dress, and apparently of the very class which easterncommunities can least afford lo Iobo-The bishop adopted a plain, cou verbatiotul speech, and made himself veryclearly understood, using now and thena map of the Uuitcd States and another of the Texas & Pacific railroad.He spoke chiefly of northern Textts,because, in his opinion, it was the bestpart of the Lone Star State for emigruuls, and because he was more intimately acquainted with that region.Between the Trans-Continental andTexas & Pacific railroad is a parallelo.gram of rich land, suitable for pioneerfarmers. A belt of timber-land ruussouth from Texarkann, the entire pointof the two roads ; west of it is the agricultural belt, aud still further westis the grazing land. The agriculturalbelt, two hundred miles wide, aud running the length of the State from northto south, appeared to him the finestland in tbe world. It has a blackwaxy soil, impregnated with lime, freefrom sand, fifteen feet deep and productive of the staples of both northand south.But it is hard to cultivate, andtherefore, some emigrauls despair,Thirty-five miles or so away from therailroad, land ia cheap, and if an emigrant has money enough to buy a piece,station himself upon it and work hardhe will soon come out maater. But theman who goes thither should have hisone tbounud dollars when his foot isfinally planted upon the suitable spot.If he has tbe one thousand dollars, isindustrious and sober, he will be independent iu five years. But there aretoo moy poor people there now. Texa docaarjot want absolutely poor people. 'I would not advise poor people, jwho bive ouly money enough for transportation,' said he 'to go to IS'otthernTens fertile and promising at thecouotrr '- Xbere are no charitableabodes for the sick and unfortunate .the emigrant should, not go to thatSlate aoIeM he can maintain himlfurjtil a foothold it established. Norbonld any man who drinkt go to Texas. WL'u-kv will not do there. Ballets are Tplentif al, bnt for the tobtr,Texts is ta safe a place as Philadelphia. 'If you cannot live without'whisky, you had better not set foot onTexas soil,' said tho Bishop. Thekind of meu to go to Texas are thesober, horny-handed ones, with a littlecapital. Tradesmen with a thousanddollars can locate at Sherman, FortWorth and especially Weatherford.further west, and start up successfully,hut no shop clerks, with, fiuo appareland imraaoulate choker, are needed.It ia amaaing what interowt thepeoplo now take iu religion. They arekeen, acute, and remarkably goodjudges of a sermon, so that olergymenwith empty heads and cold hearts willsoon find that they aro in tho wrongplace. The Bishop eoooludod by advising oil w'.to desire to eministo toseo to it that they get trustworthy information of land and of land titlesNo man should, go to Texas until hehag counted the cost. FA ila ('; hia2Yis.Till': lOL,L.AK.Tho Country Demandi lt) RealorntlaauGraphic,There is no longer any use in hopingto get a fair and honest statement ofthe purpose and effect of Bland s Silverbill from any morning paper printed inNew York. They are so unanimouslybent on maintaining the gold monopolythat they seem incapable, uot only ofstating, but even of seeing the truthThey denounce the bill as a repudiation scheme and a violation of plighted faith, although it passed the houseof representatives by the almoBt unprecedented vote Of 163 to 34 nearlyfive to one.Now let us see just what the Blandsilver bill does do. It directs that thecoining of silver dollars of the oldweight of 4121 grains Troy shall beresumed at the government mints, andmakes these dollars "a legal tender attheir nominal value for all deb's anddues, publie and private, except whereotherwiso provided by oontraot." Thisdoes not by any means say that theUnited States bonds may be paid idsilver dollars. For tbe bonds are amatter of written contract, which itwill be the function of courts, and notof congress, to construe. There areways enough in which the question canbe got before the supreme court. TbeBland bill does not in any way touchthe question of bond redemption, ifthere is a contract that they shall bepaid in gold. If the court finds thatthere was uo such contract; if it findsthat the luw explicitly declares thatthey bhall be paid in "coin," and thatcoiu at the time the contract was madeincluded silver dollars of tho weightindicated in the Bland bill ; and ifthe court finds that in the Congrcssiou-al debates which accompanied the authorization of the separate loans, itwus repeatedly declared over aud overthat the bond could be redeemed "ingold or silver," and if the court findstbat it was the distinct understandingby both borrower aud lender that theycould be redeemed tn gold or silverwhy then in that case, the court willundoubtedly hold that a tender ofgold or silver must be accepted in payment for the bouds. No act that Congress can now pass can change the termsin which our bonded debt was contracted, for such legislation would beexjxitt facto, and therefore null andvoid. The courU will have to decidewhether the bonds must, according tocontract, be paid in gold, ani theBland bill has no more to do with itthan the aeige of Kar.The Bland bill merely restores tocurreocy tbe metal of which it watclandestinely robbed. At its valuehat been depreciated b disuse, to itwill be increased bf restoration to thecoinage, and will, to even the wildestgold laocier think, very soon attainto tbe market price of gold. If tbeBias J bill ia not passed, tbe nationwill bare only one r tbe coin tpeci-1fied in tbe bond contract, and to will jbe compelled to redeem all bond in jgold, which sow maintains an extravi-,gant price on account of the conspiracy to make it the sole standard of value. Tbe pasttge of the Bland bill willreduoe the market prioe of gold (meat,ured by labor,) will increase the market price of silver, will save the Nation at least $100,000,000, and will result in the bondholders being honestly paid in the eoin whioh tbey agreedtoaooept. ;. Cabbett'e UuHoaia t'arr.Over eighty yetrs ago, according totho London Telegraph, a sergeant inLord Edward Fitigerald.'a regiment offoot, while stationed in British NorthAmerica, happened to past the bnt ofa non-commissioned offioer of artilleryand was ttruok by the tight of a youngEnglish lass, the trtilleryman't daughter, whose rosy and pretty face was bentlow over the wash tub. The thoughtat onoe struck him that she was thegirl he wanted for a wife, and he shaphie .oampaign accordingly with themost satisfactory results. But the battery to whioh her father belonged wasordered elsewhere, and her lover atparting gave her a bag of golden guineas, telling her to spend whst she needcd and keep the rest for two years,when he would make her his wife, At,the end of two yearsjthoy met as agreed 'but instead of being leaner ,the bagof gold had received accumulationsfrom the thrift and industry of thefaithful young woman. They weremarried, of course, lived happily andhbd a great many children. Thisyoung sergeant was afterwards the fa.inous William Cobbett, editor of thePolitical Register and member of Parliament for Oldham. This in itselfmight be an old story, for WilliamCobbett has been dead for close on forty-fiveyears, but one of his daughtersdied io London a few days since at theadvanced age of eighty-two. She wasborn in Philadelphia in 1795, whereher father was then selling books.Throughout her father's long snd incessantly active publio career MissCobbett was the custodian of his papers and his chief assistant as aaamenueusis, and a large part of hismost stirring compositions - went to .press in her handwriting, and berhanddirected the lightnings that were sentforth against Ministers snd membersof Parliament. By relationship and (association she was an interestingcharacter, and by her death anotherliving link has been lost from thechain of history.I.ook Out, .Vouatr ItleH.When it is said of a man, 'lie drinks,'and it can be proven, then what storewants him lor a clerk ? What churchwants him for a member? Who willtrust him ? What dying man appointshim his executor ? He may have beenforty years in building his reputationit goes down. Xetters of recommendation, the backing up of businessfirms, a brilliant ancestry, cannot savehim. The world shies off. Why? Itis whispered all through the community, 'He drinks; be drinks.' Thatblasts him. When a young man loseshit reputation for robiiety he might aswell be at the bottom of theses. There)are young men here wbo have theirgood names as their only capital. Yourfather has started yon out in eity life.He could only give you an education..He gave you no meant. He startedyot, however, under Christian influeiice You have come to the cityYou are now achieving $our own fortune, under God. by your own rightarm. Now look 'out, young man, tbatthere is no doubt of your sobriety.Do not create auy tuspicion by goingio and out of liquor establithmcnti, orby any glare of your eye, or by any unnatural flush of your cheek. You cannot afford to do it, for your good namei your only cipital, and when tbat isblasted, with the reputation of takingstronv drink, all is gone. Chriilianat W..rk.As snow ia of i-self cold yet warmsand refreshes tbe earth; so afflictions,tbr uib ia tbemselres grievons. yetar'ptbeaoal of the Christian warmi,J makes it fraitful.